In Just a Year

The Content

Alma 44

Verse 21-24

Now the number of their dead was not numbered because of the greatness of the number; yea, the number of their dead was exceedingly great, both on the Nephites and on the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did cast their dead into the waters of Sidon, and they have gone forth and are buried in the depths of the ^asea.

And the armies of the Nephites, or of Moroni, returned and came to their houses and their lands.

And thus ended the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi. And thus ended the record of Alma, which was written upon the plates of Nephi.

The Comments:

The dead weren’t numbered on either side??? Because the numbers were too great. How depressing is that?

First off, how many families have just lost fathers? Sons? Brothers? On BOTH sides. The “bad guys” just lost too.  War is not to be taken lightly, nor does anyone get out of it unaffected.  Everyone pays a price.

I had a morbid thought on casting the dead into the waters of the Sidon. For those who loved ones, maybe this can help them find closure. The river takes the bodies out to sea where they are “buried in the depths of the sea.

My other thought—this is so unsanitary!

Make a note that all of this happened in a year. Yikes.

This is the end of Alma’s record.